Reunion time is HERE!

Hey all,

I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the reunion Sunday in Waco!  We have some new family members to meet.  If you want to be outside please bring a lawn chair or two and desserts or snack food would be appreciated.  We are a having catered barbecue meal plus vegetarian dishes.  If you have games you want to play indoors or out, please bring them.  We have a new display of our family history that I am sure you will want to see.  There will be pictures of the 2008 Reunion at Melody Hill Ranch on the picture boards to look at, too.  We will have handouts of the family history, family tree and updated addresses for all.

See you soon,  Sara

Lost and Found: Mother Nell's Grandparents

I’m having so much fun researching our common ancestors for this year’s family reunion. Many of you know that my mom (Aunt Lou) has been working on our family history for some time. She recently handed down her files to me. The heyday of her research was before we had so many Internet resources. So much more is easily available online to me; it is exciting to make my own discoveries. Any day that I discover something new is a great day for me.

Today’s find is at footnote.com: a death certificate for Mother Nell’s father (Jasper Newton Fitzhugh). I didn’t have much information on the Fitzhugh line, so this is a big find for me. The most important part of this document is not that it gives me his birth and death dates (October 18, 1857 through November 13, 1927) but that it gives me his parents names (Ezekiel Fitzhugh and Jane Ford) and where they were born (Tennessee).

Yippee! That means more Tennessee relatives to research. Lula Mae Parker and her family were also from Tennessee, specifically Haywood County.

[Note to anyone who wants to poke around at footnote.com: It is a paid subscription site, but you may be able to log on for free through your local library.]

The 2011 Edmonds Family Reunion Invitation has been sent!

It is official now!  The 2011 Edmonds Family Reunion Invitation has been sent and should be in your hands by now.  Thanks to Marla for making the invitation and sending it to all of you.  All you have to do now is put the date on your calendars, tell Cindy how many are coming with you, tell Sara of any new spouses or babies to add to the Family Tree and if necessary, make your flight plans.  We are looking forward to a wonderful time visiting together.    Sara